V. S. Naipaul Quotes
And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
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I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes.
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The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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I don't know anything about music.
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My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.
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One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
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At its very best, the Western model speaks for itself. It's the model that put food on the table. It's the refrigerators. It put a man on the moon.
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I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you have to acknowledge that there's a huge fan base for it, and these people are really sweet. You can't stereotype a 'Star Wars' fan.
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A true champion will fight through anything.
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At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with American jazz. I love it.
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The meat industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars lying to the public about their product. But no amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat. The facts are absolutely clear: Eating meat is bad for human health, catastrophic for the environment, and a living nightmare for animals.
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Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.
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Roses by the head, jasmine at the feet so appear the longings that have passed without being satisfied, not one of them granted a night of sensual pleasure, or one of its radiant mornings.
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And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over
